Tear-open can



Oct. 20 1925 Y J, F. PETERS TEAR-OPEN CAN Fled June 12. l1922 @M if# TTORNE Y Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1.557.610 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN r. PETERS, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, AssIGNoR To AMERICAN CAN COMPANY,

or NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or NRW JERSEY.

TEAR-OTRN CAN.

y.Application l'ed .Tune 12; 1922. Serial No. 567,513.

To all who/m. it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. PETERS, a citizen of the United States, residing in Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in TearOpen Cans, ofy which the following is a specification.

My present invention has general reference to containers of the tearing ystrip variety and particularly to those in which the body is joined in a side seamadapter to have solder applied thereto by an external roll. YIVith a container of this character, difficulty has been experienced in having the tearing strip tongue, which extends from the body at the side seam, bound down by the solder, which is necessarily applied to the surface adjacent the seam.

It is a principal object of this invention to provide means for facilitating the lifting of the tongue when the solder is so applic by bringingv the solder beneath the tongue to a point from which tearing, or lifting may be easily started. .l A further object of the invention is the provision of means for accomplishin purpose without requiring additiona expense or difficult o-perations in the process of manufacture. v

Other objects and advantages of the mf vention will beapparent' as it is better understood from the following description, vwhichftaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a container in which my invention is embodied;

Fig. 2 is a partial detail view thereof showing the tearing strip tongue lifted and the strip partially torn away; and

Fig. 3 is a partial horizontal section taken substantially on theline 3 3 in Fig. 1.

The container shown upon the drawings, for purposes of illustration, comprises, in the present instance, a lithographed body 11, having a top 12 and a bottom 13 hermetically secured thereto and having its body edges joined in a side seam 14. Beneath the top 12 there are provided parallel score lines 15 and 16, setting oil' a tearing strip which terminates in a tongue, or linger-hold 17.

In accordance with preferred methods of manufacture, the seam 14 has solder applied externally thereto after its formation and this this tongue adjacent said `seam and when the4 tongue is of usual form, it is at times extremely difficult'Y to lift it to begin tearing operation.

To obviate this difficulty, I provide a reduced'portion- 21 intermediate the' seam and..

the hand-hold 17, and `preferably rather fclose to the seam 14. This directs the Solderv beneath the tongue to apoint as indicated at 22 in Figure 2 and, beginning at this point, it is easy totear away such solder as may be present and, in this manner, binding of the tongue 17 is minimized'and the operation yof ope-ningthe container greatly. facilitated.

It is thought that the invention and many of' its attendant advantages will be understood from the foregoing description and it will be apparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement ofthe parts without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention, or sacrificing al1 of its material advantages, the form hereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

I claim: 'l

1. A container, comprising a body provided with a soldered side seam, a tearing strip set olf by arallel score lines extending circumferentially about said body and a tongue ,extending from said tearing strip at and across said side seam, said tongue having its narrowest portion nearest the soldered side seam whereby the soldered connection of said tongue is reduced to a point to permit ready\removal of the tearing strip.

2. A container, comprising a body provided with a soldered side seam, a tearing strip set oli' by parallel score lines extending circumferentially about said body and a tongue extending from said tearing strip at and across said side seam and terminating in an integral nger hold, said tongue having its narroWest portion nearest the soldered side seam whereby the soldered connection of said tongue is reduced to a point to permit ready removal of the tearing strip.

3. A container comprising a body provided With a soldered side seam, and a tearing strip forming a part of said body and set off by parallel score lines extending cireumferentially about ,Said body7 the end of said strip extending outside of and past said 10 seam and having at said seam a narrow portion, and beyond said seam being expanded and having its edge curled over to form a finger `hold for tearing away the strip, said narrow portion of the strip being soldered 15 to the outside of the body of the can.

JOHN F. PETERS. 

